I received a strange call two days ago, I a waitress in a small vampires
only club when my boss brought the phone to me. After threatening my
customer's manhood I took the call.
"Hello?"
"It is good to here your voice, police girl."
Police girl, even now as I consider it, there had been one man daring enough to call me that. I paused before replying, and even though I knew who it was, I had to ask.
"Who is this?"
"Do you not remember your master?"
"I have no master, now give me a name."
"Alucard, but then again you knew that."
"Sir. Why do you call me?"
"There have been some interesting happenings around the mansion and we would like you back here."
"Sir Hellsing died Master, and who is we?"
"Come."
With that the receiver went dead in my hand. He wanted me back, after he had made such a big deal of getting rid of me. When my shift ended I went home, to my small apartment to prepare. The bar was a haven for vampires during the day, it was a human night-club by night. Interesting cover up. I collapsed on the bed and stared at the ceiling, recalling my dismissal from the Hellsing Organization.
^ Flash Back ^
Alucard had appeared beside my bed at early dusk. I noticed the blood on his hands and the sadness behind his eyes as I sat up and watched him. He told me that Sir Integra had died from the wound she had received at the hands of Enrico Maxwell. She had released him and he felt that he had an obligation to me before he preformed his last task.
"Master?"
"Shh, you refused the last time, you will take it this time if I must force you. I'm leaving for a period, the time for creatures such as we is coming to an end."
He cut his wrist and I watched him bleed. It was tempting, but I looked away.
"No, I won't."
He forced me, he sat on me and held his hand over my mouth. I shrieked but he refused to let me go. I felt my body shake, as though someone had poisoned me. When I woke next he was gone, body and mind. I no longer felt stuck to him as I had in the early hours. I left that night, after what I had seen, I could not stay.
^ End Flash Back^
"What is going on master?"
I went to him, that night. The bus ride was long, but we made it just before dawn. I hid for the day in a hotel room and at dusk I walked to the mansion. Stopping before I reached the steps I saw a strange site. The window to Sir Integra's office was lit up and a figure was in it. I forced myself to blink a few times, it was she, and I knew it was she. I walked in and knocked on the door and when it opened, I half expected Walter to be standing there. He wasn't of course, I had seen him dead, and my master over him. Going up to the office I took a breath and opened the door.
In front of me was my master at the right side of the large leather chair. The chair itself turned from him to me but it was who in the chair that caused my knees to buckle under me. I would have hit the floor if not for Alucard. He grabbed the back of my shirt to keep me from falling. The woman spoke and I sighed, it was not her.
"Are you all right?"
"Yes sir."
"Sir?"
I heard Alucard laugh beside me and we both looked at him for a moment. He sat me down on the couch and walked back to her.
"Integra was 'Sir' to everyone who knew her."
"Oh, well then. My name is Valerie Leonora Hellsing. I believe your name was Victoria?"
"Yes. What is all this about?"
"There have been.well.problems. The vampire population has nearly doubled in the time that the Hellsing Organization was on hiatus, as off now I would like to stop that. Alucard mentioned something about you being able to train soldiers?"
"Yes ma'am, but I haven't done so in several years."
"As you know there are dungeons below this castle, you will be given a room and supplies."
"Great, back to medical blood in small packages."
"Quite the contrary. You may do what you like for your food supply that is not my concern. What is, however, is the toning down of this over- abundance of nightwalkers. Will you help us?"
"Yes, I suppose I could."
"Good. I'll give you a period of 2 weeks to get your affairs in order and to be back here."
"Yes ma'am. I have a question, where will the men come from?"
"The military, American and British. The Americans will be trained here and shipped home when their training is complete. I expect them to be trained well."
"Yes. Mas.Sir Alucard?"
"Hmmm?"
"My weapon, is it still here?"
"Yes, the Halconnen is still in the dungeons where you left it."
"Thank you. I'll go and prepare for the transfer then."
I left but as I did a few things about that conversation bothered me. The bus ride home gave me time to think about them. There was a reason master was standing so close to her. Obviously the woman wasn't Integra; otherwise she would have slapped him away. No, she wasn't that woman, but she was related somehow. I noticed something else too. They were holding hands, or it looked like it. Maybe I saw wrong. I wonder what he uses for his food source? There would be more time to consider these thoughts after I was back at the mansion. If it came right down to it, I'd ask Alucard. He wouldn't tell me, but it never hurts to ask him.
"Hello?"
"It is good to here your voice, police girl."
Police girl, even now as I consider it, there had been one man daring enough to call me that. I paused before replying, and even though I knew who it was, I had to ask.
"Who is this?"
"Do you not remember your master?"
"I have no master, now give me a name."
"Alucard, but then again you knew that."
"Sir. Why do you call me?"
"There have been some interesting happenings around the mansion and we would like you back here."
"Sir Hellsing died Master, and who is we?"
"Come."
With that the receiver went dead in my hand. He wanted me back, after he had made such a big deal of getting rid of me. When my shift ended I went home, to my small apartment to prepare. The bar was a haven for vampires during the day, it was a human night-club by night. Interesting cover up. I collapsed on the bed and stared at the ceiling, recalling my dismissal from the Hellsing Organization.
^ Flash Back ^
Alucard had appeared beside my bed at early dusk. I noticed the blood on his hands and the sadness behind his eyes as I sat up and watched him. He told me that Sir Integra had died from the wound she had received at the hands of Enrico Maxwell. She had released him and he felt that he had an obligation to me before he preformed his last task.
"Master?"
"Shh, you refused the last time, you will take it this time if I must force you. I'm leaving for a period, the time for creatures such as we is coming to an end."
He cut his wrist and I watched him bleed. It was tempting, but I looked away.
"No, I won't."
He forced me, he sat on me and held his hand over my mouth. I shrieked but he refused to let me go. I felt my body shake, as though someone had poisoned me. When I woke next he was gone, body and mind. I no longer felt stuck to him as I had in the early hours. I left that night, after what I had seen, I could not stay.
^ End Flash Back^
"What is going on master?"
I went to him, that night. The bus ride was long, but we made it just before dawn. I hid for the day in a hotel room and at dusk I walked to the mansion. Stopping before I reached the steps I saw a strange site. The window to Sir Integra's office was lit up and a figure was in it. I forced myself to blink a few times, it was she, and I knew it was she. I walked in and knocked on the door and when it opened, I half expected Walter to be standing there. He wasn't of course, I had seen him dead, and my master over him. Going up to the office I took a breath and opened the door.
In front of me was my master at the right side of the large leather chair. The chair itself turned from him to me but it was who in the chair that caused my knees to buckle under me. I would have hit the floor if not for Alucard. He grabbed the back of my shirt to keep me from falling. The woman spoke and I sighed, it was not her.
"Are you all right?"
"Yes sir."
"Sir?"
I heard Alucard laugh beside me and we both looked at him for a moment. He sat me down on the couch and walked back to her.
"Integra was 'Sir' to everyone who knew her."
"Oh, well then. My name is Valerie Leonora Hellsing. I believe your name was Victoria?"
"Yes. What is all this about?"
"There have been.well.problems. The vampire population has nearly doubled in the time that the Hellsing Organization was on hiatus, as off now I would like to stop that. Alucard mentioned something about you being able to train soldiers?"
"Yes ma'am, but I haven't done so in several years."
"As you know there are dungeons below this castle, you will be given a room and supplies."
"Great, back to medical blood in small packages."
"Quite the contrary. You may do what you like for your food supply that is not my concern. What is, however, is the toning down of this over- abundance of nightwalkers. Will you help us?"
"Yes, I suppose I could."
"Good. I'll give you a period of 2 weeks to get your affairs in order and to be back here."
"Yes ma'am. I have a question, where will the men come from?"
"The military, American and British. The Americans will be trained here and shipped home when their training is complete. I expect them to be trained well."
"Yes. Mas.Sir Alucard?"
"Hmmm?"
"My weapon, is it still here?"
"Yes, the Halconnen is still in the dungeons where you left it."
"Thank you. I'll go and prepare for the transfer then."
I left but as I did a few things about that conversation bothered me. The bus ride home gave me time to think about them. There was a reason master was standing so close to her. Obviously the woman wasn't Integra; otherwise she would have slapped him away. No, she wasn't that woman, but she was related somehow. I noticed something else too. They were holding hands, or it looked like it. Maybe I saw wrong. I wonder what he uses for his food source? There would be more time to consider these thoughts after I was back at the mansion. If it came right down to it, I'd ask Alucard. He wouldn't tell me, but it never hurts to ask him.