Choices
C8: Divine
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"I realize it's rather unorthodox to call you all here so suddenly, but there is something that you all need to know."
The only one who had a confused look on their face was Seras. She glanced to her left to look at Walter and her master. Both were looking patiently to Integra, awaiting her words. The young vampire glanced over her shoulder to look at Syn, who was leaning against the wall by the door.
"Due to the recent incident with the Iscariot organization, we have acquired the collective anger of Alexander Andersong, as well as the last two loyal soldiers of the organization." Integra explained, lifting a folder open and glancing down at two photos within, "These two are a nun and a priest, both female. The nun has a split personality, and her name is Yumiko Tagaki. The priest is Heinkel Wolfe. Both are extremely deadly to humans, and dangerous to vampires.
"And because of the incident, we have received a challenge from these three via blessed bullet. They are looking for blood, and I doubt they'll stop unless they are dead."
"Will they be after you, Sir Integra?" Walter asked.
"Possibly." Integra replied, "I'm not going to put anything past the last three soldiers of the Vatican. But I do know they will put 'duty' before my death, and they will try to dispose of our three vampires."
"So the Father's lucky streak ends." Alucard chuckled, "He's mine."
"Of course." Syn laughed from the door, "But I want whoever the hell shot me. They put a hole in my jacket."
"Shall I be a part of this melee as well, Sir Integra?" Walter questioned, "I am more than ready to fight for you."
"No, Walter." Integra answered, "While Andersong is a regenerator, the two women are human. Syn and Seras will be able to dispose of them and assist Alucard if necessary."
"That won't be necessary, Master." Alucard smirked, "Andersong is nothing."
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"Why are we just standing here?" Seras asked, her Halconnen on her shoulder.
"We're waiting." Alucard answered.
"For what?" Seras was still confused.
"For them." Syn pointed to the three shadowy figures approaching. The woods where they stood were close to the Hellsing compound. Integra and Walter stood waiting for the three vampires to return victorious from battle. That is, if they returned victorious.
The three figures that drew closer to the vampires were the final three warriors of Iscariot.
"You filthy beasts." the nun, Yumiko, had tears in her eyes, "How could you do such a thing?"
"It was fun, really." Syn started laughing.
"How dare you!" Heinkel snarled, "You'll pay for this!"
"You were the ones to attack us first." Seras protested.
Alucard and Andersong regarded each other silently. Andersong frowned darkly, while Alucard just smirked. The tension was mounting, and something was going to break soon.
"I'll never forgive you." Yumiko said in a voice almost too soft to hear. She began to take her glasses off and something in her demeanor changed. Her entire body tensed and her face grew to have a sinister expression. She cast aside her glasses and opened her eyes again.
"Why don't we split ourselves up?" Syn was giddy, her hands curling about her staff and her gun, "You're mine, priest-bitch."
"Shut up and die!" Heinkel pulled her magnum and fired. Syn jumped away and started to leap backwards, daring the woman to follow her. After drawing his swords, Andersong turned about and began to run, baiting Alucard. The No-Life-King ran after, Jackal and Casull drawn. Seras was left alone with YUMIKO, who stood with her katana out.
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"You filthy, inhuman, monster!" Heinkel fired round after round at Syn. The vampire dodged each grinning. She laughed at the top of her lungs, her eyes blazing under the cover of her hair.
"Stop running and fight!" Heinkel shouted. Syn smirked and shrugged as though laughing at Heinkel's demand. She stopped moving and stood still, raising her gun slowly. The priest fired rounds into Syn's chest, and a few managed to hit her in the head, but Syn stood still.
"Really want me to fight?" Syn asked softly as Heinkel found herself out of bullets, "Very well."
She pulled the trigger.
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Seras coughed as the blade grazed her chest and cut her skin. The katana had never been blessed, oddly enough, and the wounds healed quickly. YUMIKO frightened the young vampire. She wanted away from this insane nun, and soon.
She turned and ran from the nun, readying her Halconnen. YUMIKO lost track of her target, standing still in a clearing. She listened carefully and waited. A shot fired, and YUMIKO moved one step to the left. The bullet hit the ground and exploded, leaving Seras with a blind view of the clearing. She pulled another round from the pack on her back and hurried to get ready.
Before she could respond, a blur appeared before her. YUMIKO stabbed Seras as hard as possible, knocking the vampire from her perch in the tree. They landed hard, the katana running through to the ground, pinning Seras down.
"Now you will pay for what you've done." YUMIKO whispered to the blond woman. Seras's eyes narrowed, her blood pounding in her ears. Something inside her was straining, snapping. It felt just like when the ghouls had pinned her down when the Valentine brothers invaded the Hellsing house.
Seras's gloved hands reached up and grasped the blade in her chest, forcing it upwards and out of her undead body. Her pupils were narrowed, cat-like in appearance. YUMIKO was stunned. No one had ever moved after her fatal strike, nor had they ever moved the blade.
"Well, at least we know you could have beaten this little freak by yourself." Syn's voice rang out in the clearing. Fog drifted up from the ground, collecting into Syn. Her fanged grin grew at the sight of blood. The edges of her body grew wavy, and then faded into a black mass. A massive black dog appeared where Syn stood, and it padded slowly around YUMIKO and Seras.
The dog snarled and rushed at the human. YUMIKO tried to pull the blade up to block the dog's huge fangs, but couldn't move it at all. She looked down to see Seras grinning at her, her hands closed around the sword. YUMIKO looked up again, and for the last time.
All she saw was the vampire dog baring down on her with a terrible grin.
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Integra and Walter did not flinch at the gunfire or the screams. They merely waited for their warriors to return.
Half an hour after the six had gone to finish the war between the houses, the three of Hellsing returned. They were bloody, but returned alive—as alive as they were. A weary grin on Seras's face, Alucard and Syn were grinning for all they were worth.
"I see we have nothing more to fear from the Iscariot organization." Integra spoke to all her fighters, but gazed at Alucard in particular, "I am proud of all of you." Seras broke into a smile, one of the first true smiles in many a day.
"I'm glad to hear that." Syn said, "You won't have need of me. If it's all right, I'd like to go back to wandering the world. I know what I am now, and I have a purpose. I'd like to get back to what I do best: killing pathetic freaks and wandering on my own."
"You may go." Integra nodded, "You have proven valuable to the Hellsing family, and if you think you would do better hunting for vampires outside the country, go ahead."
"Here." Syn handed a small card with a phone number on it. "I took the liberty of buying a phone for myself. Call me if you ever need another vampire. I am the Hellsing family's. Oh, and before I leave…" She walked to Seras and stood before the young vampire. Syn smiled, bent down, and kissed Seras quickly. She stood up again and turned on heel. The movement thoroughly stunning every there, Syn smiled again and waved shortly. She started to walk away, vanishing in the mist of the nearing morn.
Integra recovered first with a quick smirk. "When I told Syn of her past, I asked her what her name meant. She told me that she's a different kind of sinner. I see that it rings true." She turned about, Walter and Alucard following suite. Seras took another moment to recover.
"Sir Integra?" she asked swiftly, "I, that is, may I…"
"Go ahead."
—to be concluded—
