Chapter 4

Survival

Yumiko arrived back at the Hellsing institute. From above Integral Hellsing was watching through the window. She is talking to Ferguson on the phone using speaker. "Ferguson, are you telling me she took them all out?" Integral was somewhat confused. "Yes, she saved most of our men, but five of them died. She tried to save them all. There was almost no effort either. She had no struggle in taking them out," Ferguson's voice was a bit muffled but was still heard. "Ferguson, I think someone has met his match. I want you to take her out for a small training course to see just HOW powerful she is," Integral turned to the phone while talking. "Right," Ferguson then hung up the phone.

Celes had walked over to Yumiko's room to bring her to training. She knocked on her room door but no one answered. Celes tried knocking on the door again but realized that Yumiko must not be there yet. Celes opened the door to make sure. "Uh, um hello? Yumiko are you here?" Celes's searched a bit then turned around to leave. She turned around and almost walked into Yumiko who had just gotten back and was standing at the doorway. Celes had been so surprised she fell to the ground. Yumiko looked the least bit surprised only reached out her hand to help Celes up. "What are you doing in here Celes?" Yumiko asked curiously. Celes stood up with help of Yumiko almost instantly. "Oh! I am here to as you to come to training. Integral Hellsing wants you to attend today," Celes told Yumiko while brushing herself off. "Why would she want me to go to training? Oh well I guess I'll have to go. You will take me, right?" Yumiko wondered. "Oh, yes," Celes replied.

They walked down the hall and up the stairs to the main floor. There they met up with a large group of troops who were awaiting their command. Both of them walked through the large group to where Ferguson was waiting for them. Ferguson greeted them, "Ah I see you made it young Yumiko. I have a special training course for you. Actually is very dangerous, I want to make sure you are up for it. First I will guide the others to their training course." Yumiko nodded and joined the large group of troops.

"Today we are going to try something different. We will be going to a harder course. I hope you will all make it through with no problems," Ferguson announced. Ferguson led everyone outside to a training area where he stopped. "Here is where you will be trained. I will be leaving Celes in charge of all of you," Ferguson quickly gave the spotlight to Celes as he walked to Yumiko. "You aren't expecting me to do that simple course are you?" Yumiko asked. "No, if you will follow me I can take you to your training course. This course is going to be the toughest. No one has ever completed it or get nearly half way through," Ferguson talked as he led her to a massive three stories building. "Woah, this must have been a lot of money wasted," Yumiko said as she kept following Ferguson to the entrance.

"Now, Yumiko, you will be going through this building with no guidance. Most of the building will have no light. Also you will be fired at and will have to take out fifteen targets. If it gets too rough out there I will stop the simulation and you will be pulled out of there. I will be monitoring you from up there," Ferguson pointed to a large platform right by the building. Yumiko grinned a little as she stared at the large building, "I really don't think you will need to pull me out. If I looks like I am in trouble just leave me be." Ferguson looked surprised then remembered that Yumiko is a vampire and he agreed.

Finally Yumiko was ready to go through the course. Just before she was about to go in Ferguson shouted to her, "Hey! You should take that gun with you," Ferguson pointed to a gun beside the doorway. Yumiko picked it up and threw it at the bottom of the platform where Ferguson was standing. She then ran into the training building. As she was running is looked as if she could barely see. She stopped to turn around. There was a very faint sound, a squeaky sound. It was so quiet that no human could possibly hear. She ran to the right to jump a target which was about to shoot at her. She again jumped to the right of her taking two more out. She faintly saw a stair way to climb.

On her way up she heard foot steps. She waited a moment and the speaker went on. "Very good Yumiko, you only have thirteen more to go," Ferguson announced on the speaker. Yumiko paused a moment to think. 'How can that be, I destroyed three of the targets. There should only be twelve. . . ,' Yumiko though to herself. She kept walking up the stairs when she heard something run past the top of the stair case. She continued to walk up the stairs. There was a loud bang from the left of her and she ran towards it.

This time there was no foot steps or Running heard, instead there was a loud laughter. The laughter sounded neither human nor male, but as if it were laughter of a maniac. She looked around as good as she could but there was no one in sight. The speakers again went on, it was Ferguson, "Great work, there is only one more target left. You will have to find it and destroy it." Ferguson's voice trailed off from the speakers. Once again laughter was heard, but this time from behind her. The laughter got louder the closer she got, and the further she got it still got louder.

Finally she met up with the noise. Although it was there, it was no where to be seen. The running was all around her until it had finally came out of hiding. The running had stopped and Alucard had jumped out at her and grabbed her from behind. Alucard had both her arms in a lock. Still laughing he pushed her away and pulled out his gun. She did not hesitate to stop and give him a chance at her. Instead she ran at him with full speed. She caught him just in time to not be shot at. She ran into him with such force that both of them went crashing into a wall. The force from the two had made the wall collapse in the area they crashed into. The loud crash and collapse had caught the attention of the people from the other training course. Everyone saw them go flying through the wall and they watched as they fell from the three storie building fighting and not worrying about the landing. Ferguson ran towards the falling two and watched in shock.

The noise caught the attention of Walter and Integral Hellsing. They both ran to their window to see them at it. Integral immediately ran to the door to make her way to the training area. When Yumiko and Alucard landed neither of them felt it that much, but instead off worrying about their pain they kept fighting each other. Once Integral made it to both of them and their fight she yelled at them to stop. There was no reply from either of them. There were even a few gun shots going off from Alucard. Celes made her way to the shouting Integral where the fighting was going on. She started shouting at them as well as a number of other people. The yelling and fighting went of for a number of minuets, until Celes had enough. She squatted down and held her head while plugging her ears. She waited a few seconds before screaming at the top of her lungs. The scream was so loud that it began to hurt people's ears. Yumiko stopped fighting just as Alucard pulled out his gun for another shot. He was just about to shoot her as she paid no attention. Just as the shot went off Yumiko went down to Celes just missing the bullet to her head.

Integral began shouting At Alucard to leave at once and he slipped away while staring at Yumiko with angry maniac eyes. Integral shook her head slightly before ordering everyone to leave. Integral looked at Yumiko, "What was that?!" She ordered an answer from the now crouching Yumiko. "I am sorry about this. I had no choice to attack him," She replied to Integral as she stood up with Celes. Integral shook her head slightly once again, "Go to your room. Take Celes to her room as well." Yumiko agreed then walked away with blood dripping from her arm and a bleeding lip which she licked as she left.