Chapter nine, incredible isnt it. I have gotten this far with no work ethic whatever.
Disclaimer: good god I hate doing this. I own none of the content of this story, except for Doppelganger, he is mine. as well as the people back in ch 5, but I regress...
The Doppelganger had fled. Seras looked through the alley, finding only a hint of evidence: an odd, black feather. As much as Seras enjoyed the thrill of the challenge, she realized that had he wanted to, he could have easily killed her.
He was so fast! had she been human, she would have sworn that he had somehow teleported, but she knew better. She had barely seen it, but he had moved. He had been behind her before she even had time to think about reacting.
And who was that person who had shot at him? he had been using silver bullets, that was clear. A normal bullet would not have impaired him in any way. A high calibar gun, too.
She arrived back at the Hellsing mansion before long. She barely noticed, since she was still thinking. She walked straight through the mansion. Moving through the dungeons beneath the mansion, she reached Alucard's dwelling. On impulse, she looked through the shelves of books. Finding one that looked promising at what she was looking for, she picked it up. It was a book on demons and monsters. She found the entry she had been looking for:
Doppelganger: a demonic or ghostly creature, able to copy or mimic the form of any object or person, including animals. In the case of other demons, the doppelganger also gains all of the abilities of their host. The doppelganger does have a true form, although they are never seen actually using it. It is believed that they are powerful creatures in their natural form. The illusion caused by their mimickry is not perfect, as those around, even humans, can usually sense that the aura of the Doppelganger is different from that of the original. Humans do not know that this is what they are sensing and often pay it no mind.
... Yes, Seras had sensed something behind the form of Alucard. Some other form that was being hidden from her. She had been too busy fighting it to pay much attention to it's aura, but she had known from the beginning that it was not Alucard. She read on:
The doppelganger is a trickster, taking great pleasure in practical jokes using their mimicry. These often become violent. Doppelgangers have been known even to play their tricks on other immortals, goading them into fights to ease the boredom that doppelgangers are afflicted with.
A note was scrawled into the margins in Alucard's handwriting: "IT isn't real... It isn't real... Damned Demon, danm it, such power, couldn't destroy it. I think it was only playing. What the HELL?"
As she touched the letters, a strange vision filled her head. Integra, her gun out, was shooting the Hellsing soldiers. She was shooting all of them in the head. Bodies were everywhere. She was laughing as if she were insane.
Seras struggled with herself. She lifted her gun, as she did, she realized that it was Alucard's Casull. Her arm was not her own, small arm. It was the slightly more muscular, long arm of Alucard. She shook her head.
It isn't real, It isn't Integra, GOD DAMN IT, it... isn't... REAL.
She fired a single bullet into Integra's skull. Even as Integra hit the ground, she was grinning. The bullet fell out. Integra got back up. She lifted her gun toward Seras. Seras fired again. Integra disappeared, but not quite. Seras saw a blur pass by her. She then realized that Integra's letter opener was lodged in her gut. It did not occur to her until just then that she was not herself. It was not her that pulled the knife out of her gut. It wasn't her that rounded on the creature that was posing as Integra.
It was Alucard. She was Alucard.
Integra fired again, Seras felt the hit to her head as if she were someone else, as if it wasn't happening to her. It wasn't, but that isn't the point. Alucard fired, Integra dodged the bullet.
"mmmm..." she moaned with obvious perversity. "...this is soooo... fun." The voice was Integra's but there was a malice in it that Seras had never heard from Integra, even when she was at her angriest.
Integra changed. She became nothing but a shadow. That is what it looked like, but it was not a shadow, it had form and substance. The shadow had no corpral form. Seras sensed from it's aura that it was male, but she could not tell anything else about it.
Alucard fired at it, unloading the Casull's clip into the creature. He did not have the Jackal yet, so it must have been before Seras joined Hellsing. It didn't even act like it had been hit. It only charged.
Alucard removed the restriction on his power as quickly as he could. The hellhound bursted out of his body.
"Damn it, die, you damn doppelganger." the Familiar bit into nothing. The creature had moved again. The shadowy creature disappeared completely. Alucard felt something pierce his stomach. He was slammed against a wall. He coughed up blood. The shadows in the room moved. All of them flying at him with incredible speed. The shadows were no longer confined to the walls. They traveled through open air. They seemed to be re-forming into blades. They impaled his body in a hundred places.
The shadows re-formed, into the creature. It's body shimmered for a second, then Integra was staring at him. Alucard was still stuck onto the wall. It brought it's face uncomfortably close to his. "This was fun... vampire. Maybe we should do it again sometime?" It kissed him on the cheek. Seras felt a rush of anger go through Alucard's body. Her only desire was to destroy this creature.
The form of Integra laughed. It then walked away. She felt it leave the mansion. The shadows returned to normal, and Alucard fell off of the wall.
"I... Lost? how... what is this creature? DAMN IT!"
Seras looked up from the book. The message that Alucard was trying to convey was clear. Only one creature, besides Anderson, had ever beaten Alucard.
Three days later, Seras was called into Integra's room. She was Fuming.
"DAMN IT, Seras. What the HELL do you think your doing?" Seras really didnt know what she was talking about, and told her so. "Oh, playing dumb. Ok, let me illuminate for you." She began to read the latest report "Yesterday, at midnight, Hellsing unit eight came under attack by a vampire, recognized as Seras Victoria, also of the Hellsing organization. All members of the team were killed."
"B-but I didn't.." Seras was not allowed to finish.
"I DONT CARE WHETHER YOU DID OR NOT!" Integra was practiacally howling with rage. "GET OUT OF MY MANSION, BEFORE I DECIDE TO JUST END YOUR THREAT TO MY ORGANIZATION." Seras Disappeared in a cloud of mist. She appeared just outside the mansion. With the report that Integra had been reading in her hand. She went to the area where the attack had occurrred.
She instantly knew exaclty what had happened. She found two pieces of evidence. One was a note that read, in untidy handwriting: 'The vatican'
The other was a single, black feather.
Disclaimer: good god I hate doing this. I own none of the content of this story, except for Doppelganger, he is mine. as well as the people back in ch 5, but I regress...
The Doppelganger had fled. Seras looked through the alley, finding only a hint of evidence: an odd, black feather. As much as Seras enjoyed the thrill of the challenge, she realized that had he wanted to, he could have easily killed her.
He was so fast! had she been human, she would have sworn that he had somehow teleported, but she knew better. She had barely seen it, but he had moved. He had been behind her before she even had time to think about reacting.
And who was that person who had shot at him? he had been using silver bullets, that was clear. A normal bullet would not have impaired him in any way. A high calibar gun, too.
She arrived back at the Hellsing mansion before long. She barely noticed, since she was still thinking. She walked straight through the mansion. Moving through the dungeons beneath the mansion, she reached Alucard's dwelling. On impulse, she looked through the shelves of books. Finding one that looked promising at what she was looking for, she picked it up. It was a book on demons and monsters. She found the entry she had been looking for:
Doppelganger: a demonic or ghostly creature, able to copy or mimic the form of any object or person, including animals. In the case of other demons, the doppelganger also gains all of the abilities of their host. The doppelganger does have a true form, although they are never seen actually using it. It is believed that they are powerful creatures in their natural form. The illusion caused by their mimickry is not perfect, as those around, even humans, can usually sense that the aura of the Doppelganger is different from that of the original. Humans do not know that this is what they are sensing and often pay it no mind.
... Yes, Seras had sensed something behind the form of Alucard. Some other form that was being hidden from her. She had been too busy fighting it to pay much attention to it's aura, but she had known from the beginning that it was not Alucard. She read on:
The doppelganger is a trickster, taking great pleasure in practical jokes using their mimicry. These often become violent. Doppelgangers have been known even to play their tricks on other immortals, goading them into fights to ease the boredom that doppelgangers are afflicted with.
A note was scrawled into the margins in Alucard's handwriting: "IT isn't real... It isn't real... Damned Demon, danm it, such power, couldn't destroy it. I think it was only playing. What the HELL?"
As she touched the letters, a strange vision filled her head. Integra, her gun out, was shooting the Hellsing soldiers. She was shooting all of them in the head. Bodies were everywhere. She was laughing as if she were insane.
Seras struggled with herself. She lifted her gun, as she did, she realized that it was Alucard's Casull. Her arm was not her own, small arm. It was the slightly more muscular, long arm of Alucard. She shook her head.
It isn't real, It isn't Integra, GOD DAMN IT, it... isn't... REAL.
She fired a single bullet into Integra's skull. Even as Integra hit the ground, she was grinning. The bullet fell out. Integra got back up. She lifted her gun toward Seras. Seras fired again. Integra disappeared, but not quite. Seras saw a blur pass by her. She then realized that Integra's letter opener was lodged in her gut. It did not occur to her until just then that she was not herself. It was not her that pulled the knife out of her gut. It wasn't her that rounded on the creature that was posing as Integra.
It was Alucard. She was Alucard.
Integra fired again, Seras felt the hit to her head as if she were someone else, as if it wasn't happening to her. It wasn't, but that isn't the point. Alucard fired, Integra dodged the bullet.
"mmmm..." she moaned with obvious perversity. "...this is soooo... fun." The voice was Integra's but there was a malice in it that Seras had never heard from Integra, even when she was at her angriest.
Integra changed. She became nothing but a shadow. That is what it looked like, but it was not a shadow, it had form and substance. The shadow had no corpral form. Seras sensed from it's aura that it was male, but she could not tell anything else about it.
Alucard fired at it, unloading the Casull's clip into the creature. He did not have the Jackal yet, so it must have been before Seras joined Hellsing. It didn't even act like it had been hit. It only charged.
Alucard removed the restriction on his power as quickly as he could. The hellhound bursted out of his body.
"Damn it, die, you damn doppelganger." the Familiar bit into nothing. The creature had moved again. The shadowy creature disappeared completely. Alucard felt something pierce his stomach. He was slammed against a wall. He coughed up blood. The shadows in the room moved. All of them flying at him with incredible speed. The shadows were no longer confined to the walls. They traveled through open air. They seemed to be re-forming into blades. They impaled his body in a hundred places.
The shadows re-formed, into the creature. It's body shimmered for a second, then Integra was staring at him. Alucard was still stuck onto the wall. It brought it's face uncomfortably close to his. "This was fun... vampire. Maybe we should do it again sometime?" It kissed him on the cheek. Seras felt a rush of anger go through Alucard's body. Her only desire was to destroy this creature.
The form of Integra laughed. It then walked away. She felt it leave the mansion. The shadows returned to normal, and Alucard fell off of the wall.
"I... Lost? how... what is this creature? DAMN IT!"
Seras looked up from the book. The message that Alucard was trying to convey was clear. Only one creature, besides Anderson, had ever beaten Alucard.
Three days later, Seras was called into Integra's room. She was Fuming.
"DAMN IT, Seras. What the HELL do you think your doing?" Seras really didnt know what she was talking about, and told her so. "Oh, playing dumb. Ok, let me illuminate for you." She began to read the latest report "Yesterday, at midnight, Hellsing unit eight came under attack by a vampire, recognized as Seras Victoria, also of the Hellsing organization. All members of the team were killed."
"B-but I didn't.." Seras was not allowed to finish.
"I DONT CARE WHETHER YOU DID OR NOT!" Integra was practiacally howling with rage. "GET OUT OF MY MANSION, BEFORE I DECIDE TO JUST END YOUR THREAT TO MY ORGANIZATION." Seras Disappeared in a cloud of mist. She appeared just outside the mansion. With the report that Integra had been reading in her hand. She went to the area where the attack had occurrred.
She instantly knew exaclty what had happened. She found two pieces of evidence. One was a note that read, in untidy handwriting: 'The vatican'
The other was a single, black feather.