Suggested song:E Nomine-Vater Unser


Lesson #4: Never try to invade a secret vampire hunting organizations with two mortals.......

Making their silent way through the expanse of forest, they trained their eyes on the main target they have wanted to hunt for days. It was vunerable, it was exposed, stripped of the forces they thought they would not need so soon. Towering and huge, it stood against the dying day's ball of fire clearly and kept their eyes locked onto it's glory and captivated their want with the promise of another job done. Inside, the prey would be taken unexpectantly, surprised at the attack...they fall to silver that would drip with the blood of a noble they served like mangy dogs. If they fell, then the rest would fall, and more would fall little by little until the world blew away their ashes off the ends of the four corners of the earth.

It was the mission that all three were made for. The death of the vampires would equal their peace of mind that they have been seeking for over 20 years. It was righteous, at least that what Maxwell and He had always said to them. He remembered the times of old when people could walk at night without a clove necklace or some silly superstitious old wife cure around a neck, hand, torso or hips with holy water splashed on instead of aftershave or perfume.....he remembered the bodies of the dead as their souls and life were taken and sent to Hell for being tainted by demons having the faces of humans and the teeth of Cerebus. The doctors had thought they could wipe away the memory of before with their false science, but then the procedure hadn't been as advanced as what they were testing now.With memories wiped clean off the slate and a weapon in hand, they were invunerable to all that tried to make them fall. But they still envied him for his memory, and how much it has brought to them. It had been his idea to bless the blades, to dip the sliver into cool water, for the bullets to be touched by the Pope. His memory had taught him this and much more than he could count.But he still did not have one answer to the hardest question of all...and it bothered him and drove him to kill off as many as he could in the name of God and all that was pure and holy in this forsaken world.
He had the Divine Gift.......and damn him to Lucifer's wicked eyes if he didn't put it to good use.

"Amen."

"What?" she said, pausing to ease her foot a little.

"Nothing." he said aruptly and continued walking.
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Seras laid stretched out on her bed, staring up at the ceiling, refusing to let her eyes wander to the ice cold bucket with a medical blood bag nestled inside.A gift from her Master, he had said, since she was looking quite pale lately. She could have laughed in his grinning face at that second.....of course she was pale, she was dead, wasn't she? But she had simply thanked him meekly and gone to her quarters only to place it on the table and avoid it.

"I am not going to drink it.....I am not going to drink it....I am not going to drink it.....he can't make me.....I won't do it...I can drink tomato juice, yea...tomato juice.......that's a good substitute right? It's red isn't it?...RIGHT?"

She fell quiet, and looked over at the bag.

"......I hate you."
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The three of them crouched as they neared the door of her office.The monster was no where in sight, his slave gone, her servant God only knew where. The getting in had been relativly easy...simply slicing up the door handle has done the trick. He turned to them , and gave a quick jerk of his thumb.They went to either side, with him in the middle.

"In the name of God."

"In the name of God."

"In the name of God."

"I want the vampire and his little girl for myself...Yumiko, keep a lookout for that old man....watch out for his wires, they will cut you badly if they touch you.Heinkel...I shall give you the honor of killing the woman."

Heinkel smiled, and held up her twin guns.

"Two taps in the head and one in the heart and I'll be done."

Anderson shook his head. "No no.....I want her face intact......if the press decides to take pictures I want them to know it's truly her and not some other body.Besides...her dead face on the front page would be a delight. Three in the heart will do it, one in the gut if necessary.Beware of her sword, she'll stab you if you get to close from the front.....get her from the back and disarm her of whatever you can find."

"Tu placet?"

"Ego placet." he responded with a wide grin. He lifted his knives, and lifted them to crash through the wooden door.

"GOODNIGHT SIR HELLSING! AMEN!!!"
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Integral barely looked up when the first knife slammed into the wood,and as another and another cracked and broke the door.

"HOW?!" She snapped as she slammed through her desk drawers for her gun......she lifted it and checked the chamber.

Empty.

"Damn..." she hissed as she once again went through the compartments for the bullets. She heard a crack, then a boom as the door slammed open.Her eyes widened, and lifted the gun.

"Bastard. How dare you do this to me?! I am Sir Integral Wingates Hellsing and I demand you leave at once before I am forced to put a bullet in each of your brains!"

Heinkel, with her smile still spread across her face, circled Integral and her desk slowly, the barrel of the gun follwoing her every move. Anderson ran out the door after acknowlodging the situation, and went for the stairs that led down into the basement with a lightness in his step and a knife in each hand.Yumiko took her place outside by the doorframe, and peeked into the room to watch.

"Come on bitch....why don't you shoot now? I'm wide open and ready for your pissy little bullet Protestant slut!"

Integral gritted her teeth, and backed against the desk.'These Catholic dogs are filthier than I thought' as she kept her gaze and mind locked on her clever enemy.Never could tell when the time was right to run and rip her throat out.... She felt a movement behind her and turned slightly to glance out the corner of her eye. The priestess took this chance to leap on Integral and slam her onto the top of the desk, her gun to the woman's chin.

"Call for your pet why won't you?" Heinkel snickered. "Call your precious puppy to come and save you...no matter however. The Divine Instrument will rip him to shreds whether or not he comes.By then, I shall give you a mercy and shoot your cold heart so you won't have to watch his head get speared on the knife that will kill him.But the police woman and the butler....THE BUTLER! YUMIKO!"

Integral glanced at the shock on her attacker's face and craned her neck to look at the doorway.

"WALTER!" she cried.

The old man had his hand wrapped around the terrified nun's torso, holding a razor wire at her throat with his free hand and jaws, his eyes locked with Heinkels.

"Let her go priest."He growled through his gritted teeth and pressed twh wire closer to the whimpering nun's throat.

"Fuck you old man! LET HER GO!" She screeched, but Integral felt her grip slacken a bit.

"Not until you let her go." He urged. "I do not wish to kill a innocent nun and be damned to eternity....but I must hold my loyalties to the Hellsings and the Hellsings alone..like you would follow Iscariots..Now.....let her go and I'll release the nun!"

Heinkel stiffened, and stared down at Integral's impassive face. Letting otu a huge sigh, she dropped her gun and stepped away.

"Fine." she kept her gaze lowered.

Walter stared at her for another few seconds, and released Yumiko gently from his hard grip.The nun let out a a little shriek and ran for the sullen priestesss, and Integral held out her hands.

"Your gun." She said stiffly.

"What did you say?" The voice hissed back at her curt demand.

"I said, your gun. If you are not going to kill me, then you might as well give up your weapons."

"And let them be tainted by a Protestant bitch? I dare not to hope you are actually serious."

"She is." a voice said softly behind her, and she felt the barrel of a very big and very heavy gun press against the back of her skull.

"Your guns." the voice whispered. "Drop them on the floor....kneel down, and place your hands on your head.You too nun....I do not want to deal with two worthless mortals who think they can defeat darkness and still come out with a fist full of light.Where's the priest..."

"How should I know..." Heinkel muttered.

Alucard sighed, and grabbed Yumiko by the hair and roughly jerked her up. Ignoring her cry of pain, he put his gun to her trembling lips and kicked Heinkel hard on the side of her chest. The priestess winced and gasped for the breath knocked out of her, and stared at Yumiko's tears running in slow rivulets down her face.

"The priest?" He demanded again quietly.

She told him.
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The priest at this time was coming up to the little vampire girl's quarters. Knocking once, he raised one knife and waited.

"Yes? Who is it? If you wish to come in it's unlocked.

Perfect.

He waited another few seconds, and she once again called out, her tone this time slightly impatient.

"Who is it?"

He knocked again, and heard the squeak of bedsprings.The door creaked open and she stepped out.

"Now see here-"

Her voice froze in her throat, and went five shades paler. Letting out one shriek of pure fear, he slammed into her and forced her down on the bed, her back painfully bent over the side and her throat exposed.

"Thought that you could escape your punishment little vampire wretch?" he snarled as he leaned into her face. "Thought that I would never come back for you.....I have wanted you dead for a long time, because you are God's failure and He wants you, his bastard child, to die with a belly and throat filled with silver.You shall choke on the blades, and feel them pierce you to Hell's liquid fire shore when the boat comes to collect you."

He raised a blade, paused, and lightly ran it down her throat,as if in whimsical thought. He gazed thoughtfully at her terrified face with something akin to hesitant consideration.

"Mary Lucifer the Light Giver....Mary Magdalene the Great...all in one you meld together.Innocence that is tainted by the mark of Sin yet still struggles to retain what you have left to remain somewhat human. A pathetic attempt, but not completly worthless in the eyes of Him. Do you know that?" He said quietly.

She nodded quickly, and began to ease herself out his loosened grip. He didn't seem to notice....his blade still gleamed in the fake light but had lowered.

"Such fear I have seen....in the eyes of innocents." He stared down at her again, eyes widening.

"There is still time! If I am not too late, you can still be saved such as I was! Come! Those who believe in Him and his servant live forever!You can still be saved, you can still walk in the sunlight years from now in a youthful form.There will be no need for the blood" his voice was growing higher , and he swept his arm at the medical blood bucket on the table."There will be no need for the blood of innocents, theer will be no visons, no killing unconsiously, and you will not be damned to Hell! Believe in me and I shall cleanse you of all that is dark and bring you back to the light!"

"Such a beautiful speech made by a madman....." Alucard said with a mocking smile. "Poe was mad as well....but he did not kill, at least not unfairly and with a broken beer bottle."

The priest growled and released Seras from his grip. The girl ran for a corner, and jammed herself into it and watched with relieved eyes as her master entered.Anderson clutched his swords, and dived at Alucard. The vampire leaped nimbly out of the way, and kicked with a ballet dancer's grace Anderson in the stomach.He collapsed for a second, and leaped back up.
"Damnation!" He hissed.
Alucard took aim, and shot at the priest over and over.Anderson seemed to gain some insight into what Alucard's move were however, and avoided most of the quicksilver bullets.
"Damn you you Vatican son of a bitch! Stay still!"
Finally, with pure luck, Alucard managed to shoot Anderson's leg off. The priest howled in anger as he hopped clumsily around the room.
"Are you ready to give up yet so I may relax for once?" Alucard snapped.
"Tis a mere flesh wound!"
"My God man!You never give up do you?!"
Alucard shot a round into the priest's chest, making him lose his balance at last.Alucard walked over, and planted his boot in the middle of his chest, his Jackel pointed at his forehead.

"I never knew you were one to try and seduce a child to your side Judas Priest.Even after all those years ago, you still can not forget and then think up a crazy plan to redeem you and your mortal sin by saving the girl from the horrible cruel bloodthirsty vampire." Alucard let out a bark of laughter, and drew out his Jackel. "Did you really think she is that stupid? Police girl!" He said to Seras.

"Yes Master?"

"Come here."

Seras got up and went to Alucard's side, staring directly at the priest. Alucard smiled soflty and stared at her with a father's pride as he placed the gun into her hand.

"The honor is all yours."

Seras stared at the gun in her hand...she was normally accustomed to her Halcannon but the handgun's weight felt easy and familair. Raising the gun, she aimed at Anderson's forehead with a practiced eye.He simply narrowed his eyes at her, and tucked the blades away in his coat.He crossed his arms in front of his chest.

"Well? Are you going to kill me child? Have you even considered my promise?"

"Do not listen to his lies police girl. Judas promised to be faithful to his Lord and His Son...but gave it up for the feel of silver."

"I demand nothing of you."

"He will demand everything including yourself."

"I expect nothing."

"He expects everything of you."

"I wish for your repentance."

"He wishes for your innocence."

"I can save you from Hell."

"And he will not bring you to Heaven."

"STOP!" Seras screamed, and shot at the ceiling.

"ALUCARD!"

The vampire whirled around to stare face to face with Integral. Behind her, Walter held a shuddering Yumiko by the wrist, Heinkel beside her with her head down in irate shame.

"You did not kill them?!" Alucard growled into his Master's face.

"They have come here for more reasons than one have thought so Alucard. They have quite a story to tell, to be short. I expect you in my office in a few minutes.Walter, please handcuff Mis Heinkel and Miss Yumiko to their chairs....make it hands and feet for Miss Heinkel."

"Bitch." Heinkel whispered.

Alucard's head jerked up sharply and was about to lift his gun to Heinkel before Integral slapped his hand away.

"There is no need for that.Just come quickly.....and YOU!" She said, pointing at the silent priest." If you dare to attack us while we interrogate your comrades we will be forced to take measures which including eliminating all three of you at Alucard's hand." She turned around, and walked back up the stairs, Walter, Heinkel and Yumiko following shortly behind.

Alucard grunted, and began to walk out of the room.

"You were lucky again this time priest. Come....Victoria."He said her name slowly, and swept out of the room into thin air."I will be watching you...both of you." His vice came distant away, finally fading seconds later.

"Do not betray me police girl."

Seras kept her gaze on Anderson's body,still on the floor, as she backed out of the room, the Jackel still in her hand.

"I won't Master."

"You still haven't said yes."

"That's because I never will."

"Never say never child.....you will succumb to me, and all I have to offer. If you do not say yes....I will kill you."

She ran like she had never ran before since that night she fled to the church, the night that ended her existance...and brought her into a game which she knew she could not win.

Humanity.....Vampirism.

She could not choose.Follow her Master, Vampirism. Follow the Madman, Humanity.

She knew it would end soon.

She knew he would persist.

She knew she would have to kill one of them in the end.



Author's note:Part of this chapter has been inspired by Docky's awesome fic "The Sacred and the Profane", and I borrowed a bit of info from it.(Mary Lucifer, Mary Magdalene,ie).No, this is not going to be romance. I simply liked the idea of a crazy deranged priest trying to save a pretty vampire/human girl's soul.:D
This will still be focused on Heinkel's,Yumiko's and Anderson's revenge on Iscariot...just needs a little rivalary and spice IMHO.
Special thanks to BP, Docky, Rachel and Serena!
Thank you so much!
Thanks to Smartlaine on the Hell's Gate forums for just being her.
And last but not least, Teleute, the person who knows EVERYTHING.