Small time line recap
Day 1 -Jackie talks to Integral, Winston meets Father Anderson at church, that night he is kidnapped but Alexander saves him. Day 2 - Alucard drags Winston home from Alexander, that night Alucard and Integral argue Day 3 - Walter meets Winston, Winston talks to Integral, Integral talks to Alucard about Dr. Caldwell, that night Alucard takes Winston out with him, Ceres meets him, Winston gets hurt Day 4 -Winston tries to speak with Alucard, Walter and Integral talk, Winston and Walter go out, that night Winston and Alucard talk, Walter and Alucard talk (day four is still in the works)
The point I'm trying to make, this fic has taken place over fours days. Can you believe it four bloody days and when I say bloody I mean bloody.
I don't own Hellsing.
**************************************************************** Integral sat on high at her desk trying to read a report about vampire cults in Cardiff. However, her thoughts continued to wander off to the men in her life despite all her efforts to muster up some concentration. Walter would be bringing her a lab analysis of the vials Alucard had recovered but it was Alucard himself that continued to plague Integral's thoughts.
His words had continued to sting her long after he had said them. He was right about most everything of course. The situation with Winston was far more complicated then she had allowed herself to believe. Still she would not allow Alucard to have his way. She would handle the situation as she saw fit.
A gentle knocking noise was heard at Integral's door to which she replied simply, "Enter." Walter stepped into Integral's office quietly making sure not to disturb her reading. When he saw that her eyes were upon him and no on the papers in front of her he spoke up.
"Sir Hellsing, I have the reports on the samples that Alucard brought with him last evening or very early this morning. They were quite interesting."
"Oh how so?" Integral replied quite curious sipping a glass of water after she spoke.
"Well, I'm afraid we can confirm the worst. The vials of blood matched Winston's DNA sample perfectly. The clear liquid samples were in fact as we anticipated a new viral strand. It seems Dr. Caldwell has managed to program a virus as we assumed she would. However, there is some good news we did not expect."
"Good news? I'd like to hear that," as Integral spoke her eyebrow lifted skeptically.
"Well it seems Sir the since the virus is programmed to infect the host cell in a lysogenic state and thus implant its DNA directly into the host, it rarely replicates."
"And this is good news."
"Yes Sir Integral its very good news. It means that the virus can't spread quickly. For example if a person were to drink the blood of someone infected with the virus it could take years for the symptoms of the virus to resonate and its entirely possible if only a small amount were ingested the body might destroy it. So for the virus to be effective it has to be injected into individuals in highly concentrated amounts rapidly. "
"So what your saying is that these new dhampire model freaks of the Millennium group can't spread their plague upon other humans."
"Well sort of Sir Hellsing," Walter paused for a second. "As I said before if an individual has contact with a large amount of the virus through blood or other means they will become infected; however, for results to be immediate the virus needs to be injected into the blood stream via syringe and needle."
"I see. Thank you Walter." Integral looked at Walter for a second and then something registered in her brain. "Who ran the analysis Walter?"
"Don't worry Sir I had them sent to a distant lab. I would not have permitted a sample of Winston's blood to be floating about the Hellsing laboratories. Although, I expect they will need to have a sample of the virus in order to create a vaccine or effective way of destroying it. However, the viral DNA consist of regular viral replication genes and a few very particular genes of Winston's that are very different from your own Integral."
Integral continued to look at Walter but a slight rose color came upon her cheeks as he spoke his last sentence. There wasn't any hiding the truth from Walter he had of course known everything the moment he laid eyes on the boy; yet, he was as faithful a servant as he ever been. "Walter." Integral averted her eyes looking off to the side.
"Yes Integral."
"I just wanted to thank you."
"Yes Sit. It is my pleasure to serve you."
Walter smiled and for a moment he had managed to coax a grim out of Integral as well. "Walter one more thing before you leave."
"Yes."
"I'm afraid this might be busy work but you're the only one I would trust to do this."
"Of course."
"I need you to go register Winston for school and please for God's sake take the boy shopping for some new clothes. He looks like an old rag lady walking around in those shirts three sizes to big for him."
"I'm sorry Sir. All we seemed to have available were adult men's clothes. Fortunately he's tall enough that they worked to some degree. Not exactly tailor made but manageable."
"Well they're not bloody manageable to me. I won't have him looking like a homeless beggar as long as he's living in my house."
"Agreed. Would you like to see him anything in particular?"
Integral began to shuffle through papers looking at her desk calmly. "Yes, just please -please- don't put him in anything red."
Walter looked at Integral for a moment before nodding his head and stepping out of her room. "Nothing red she said." Well he couldn't blame her much could he.
Walter walked up the stairs till he'd reached the final floor of the Hellsing mansion where he headed off towards Winston's room. He knocked on the door softly but heard no stirring within. He gently opened the door and stepped into the room. He looked around the room till his eyes settled in the farthest corner.
Winston sat quietly detached from the world completely. His eyes were wide open but he seemed quite oblivious to Walter's entrance. Where ever his mind was it was a million miles away from where he was at now.
Walter spoke up carefully hoping not to frighten the boy he been through a lot over the last fours days. "Winston you're in luck my boy. It seems Integral has instructed me to take you out on the town."
Winston turned his head slowly recognizing Walter's presence for the first time.
"You've never really been in London before have you? Well except for last night of course but that's really no way to see it. I can take you to Oxford Street. We'll have a good time. I haven't had a night off in ages."
Walter smiled genuinely at Winston. The truth was he was rather worried about the boy. Sulking about wasn't healthy for a twelve year old and Winston seemed so depressed. Besides it really had been a long time since Walter had been in London for anything other then work.
"Why are we going to town," Winston said solemnly.
"We have to get you registered for school and Integral wants me to take you shopping for clothes."
Suddenly Winston began to laugh slightly. It was really more of a snicker actually. "That's funny."
"What is," Walter inquired.
"Nothing just something my father said." Winston stood up dragging his arms as though they weighed him down. "Maybe we should go to Harrods." Winston smiled as he said this but Walter didn't quite catch the joke. However, Walter had been slightly disturbed upon hearing Winston refer to his father. It was kind of hard to picture Alucard in a fatherly role of any kind.
"Well we should leave if we want to get everything we need to done. I'm afraid you still haven't eaten yet have you Winston."
"No," he replied coolly.
"Well then we will have to get you your breakfast before we leave."
**********************************
Hey don't be greedy I gave you a preview at the top if you read it.
Day 1 -Jackie talks to Integral, Winston meets Father Anderson at church, that night he is kidnapped but Alexander saves him. Day 2 - Alucard drags Winston home from Alexander, that night Alucard and Integral argue Day 3 - Walter meets Winston, Winston talks to Integral, Integral talks to Alucard about Dr. Caldwell, that night Alucard takes Winston out with him, Ceres meets him, Winston gets hurt Day 4 -Winston tries to speak with Alucard, Walter and Integral talk, Winston and Walter go out, that night Winston and Alucard talk, Walter and Alucard talk (day four is still in the works)
The point I'm trying to make, this fic has taken place over fours days. Can you believe it four bloody days and when I say bloody I mean bloody.
I don't own Hellsing.
**************************************************************** Integral sat on high at her desk trying to read a report about vampire cults in Cardiff. However, her thoughts continued to wander off to the men in her life despite all her efforts to muster up some concentration. Walter would be bringing her a lab analysis of the vials Alucard had recovered but it was Alucard himself that continued to plague Integral's thoughts.
His words had continued to sting her long after he had said them. He was right about most everything of course. The situation with Winston was far more complicated then she had allowed herself to believe. Still she would not allow Alucard to have his way. She would handle the situation as she saw fit.
A gentle knocking noise was heard at Integral's door to which she replied simply, "Enter." Walter stepped into Integral's office quietly making sure not to disturb her reading. When he saw that her eyes were upon him and no on the papers in front of her he spoke up.
"Sir Hellsing, I have the reports on the samples that Alucard brought with him last evening or very early this morning. They were quite interesting."
"Oh how so?" Integral replied quite curious sipping a glass of water after she spoke.
"Well, I'm afraid we can confirm the worst. The vials of blood matched Winston's DNA sample perfectly. The clear liquid samples were in fact as we anticipated a new viral strand. It seems Dr. Caldwell has managed to program a virus as we assumed she would. However, there is some good news we did not expect."
"Good news? I'd like to hear that," as Integral spoke her eyebrow lifted skeptically.
"Well it seems Sir the since the virus is programmed to infect the host cell in a lysogenic state and thus implant its DNA directly into the host, it rarely replicates."
"And this is good news."
"Yes Sir Integral its very good news. It means that the virus can't spread quickly. For example if a person were to drink the blood of someone infected with the virus it could take years for the symptoms of the virus to resonate and its entirely possible if only a small amount were ingested the body might destroy it. So for the virus to be effective it has to be injected into individuals in highly concentrated amounts rapidly. "
"So what your saying is that these new dhampire model freaks of the Millennium group can't spread their plague upon other humans."
"Well sort of Sir Hellsing," Walter paused for a second. "As I said before if an individual has contact with a large amount of the virus through blood or other means they will become infected; however, for results to be immediate the virus needs to be injected into the blood stream via syringe and needle."
"I see. Thank you Walter." Integral looked at Walter for a second and then something registered in her brain. "Who ran the analysis Walter?"
"Don't worry Sir I had them sent to a distant lab. I would not have permitted a sample of Winston's blood to be floating about the Hellsing laboratories. Although, I expect they will need to have a sample of the virus in order to create a vaccine or effective way of destroying it. However, the viral DNA consist of regular viral replication genes and a few very particular genes of Winston's that are very different from your own Integral."
Integral continued to look at Walter but a slight rose color came upon her cheeks as he spoke his last sentence. There wasn't any hiding the truth from Walter he had of course known everything the moment he laid eyes on the boy; yet, he was as faithful a servant as he ever been. "Walter." Integral averted her eyes looking off to the side.
"Yes Integral."
"I just wanted to thank you."
"Yes Sit. It is my pleasure to serve you."
Walter smiled and for a moment he had managed to coax a grim out of Integral as well. "Walter one more thing before you leave."
"Yes."
"I'm afraid this might be busy work but you're the only one I would trust to do this."
"Of course."
"I need you to go register Winston for school and please for God's sake take the boy shopping for some new clothes. He looks like an old rag lady walking around in those shirts three sizes to big for him."
"I'm sorry Sir. All we seemed to have available were adult men's clothes. Fortunately he's tall enough that they worked to some degree. Not exactly tailor made but manageable."
"Well they're not bloody manageable to me. I won't have him looking like a homeless beggar as long as he's living in my house."
"Agreed. Would you like to see him anything in particular?"
Integral began to shuffle through papers looking at her desk calmly. "Yes, just please -please- don't put him in anything red."
Walter looked at Integral for a moment before nodding his head and stepping out of her room. "Nothing red she said." Well he couldn't blame her much could he.
Walter walked up the stairs till he'd reached the final floor of the Hellsing mansion where he headed off towards Winston's room. He knocked on the door softly but heard no stirring within. He gently opened the door and stepped into the room. He looked around the room till his eyes settled in the farthest corner.
Winston sat quietly detached from the world completely. His eyes were wide open but he seemed quite oblivious to Walter's entrance. Where ever his mind was it was a million miles away from where he was at now.
Walter spoke up carefully hoping not to frighten the boy he been through a lot over the last fours days. "Winston you're in luck my boy. It seems Integral has instructed me to take you out on the town."
Winston turned his head slowly recognizing Walter's presence for the first time.
"You've never really been in London before have you? Well except for last night of course but that's really no way to see it. I can take you to Oxford Street. We'll have a good time. I haven't had a night off in ages."
Walter smiled genuinely at Winston. The truth was he was rather worried about the boy. Sulking about wasn't healthy for a twelve year old and Winston seemed so depressed. Besides it really had been a long time since Walter had been in London for anything other then work.
"Why are we going to town," Winston said solemnly.
"We have to get you registered for school and Integral wants me to take you shopping for clothes."
Suddenly Winston began to laugh slightly. It was really more of a snicker actually. "That's funny."
"What is," Walter inquired.
"Nothing just something my father said." Winston stood up dragging his arms as though they weighed him down. "Maybe we should go to Harrods." Winston smiled as he said this but Walter didn't quite catch the joke. However, Walter had been slightly disturbed upon hearing Winston refer to his father. It was kind of hard to picture Alucard in a fatherly role of any kind.
"Well we should leave if we want to get everything we need to done. I'm afraid you still haven't eaten yet have you Winston."
"No," he replied coolly.
"Well then we will have to get you your breakfast before we leave."
**********************************
Hey don't be greedy I gave you a preview at the top if you read it.
