Disclaimer information: All characters belong to their proper copyrighted owners. This has been given the R rating as there will be, in the upcoming chapters some violence and other adult themes. This timeline takes place after the Incognito incident after the series end. I have not read the Manga and the assumptions regarding Arucard and his 'age' were based upon a now defunct fan site called "Intensity-Integral Shrine". If you have not seen the following website Solid & Etc you should get there as soon as you can. It is some of the most astonishing Hellsing inspired art I have ever seen. Reviews and feedback are welcome. The character of Camilla is based upon the vampire story written in the Victorian era ( I cannot recall either the title or the author) about a 'dark eyed female' who befriended young women and they began to fall ill with a type of anemia.
The Blood Between Us
Prologue
"What did you think the world was going to become in your absence? Of all undead things, you should know that the living world buds, blossoms and dies in endless cycles when we sleep. That includes our lesser cousins."
"Do you still believe them to be lesser? Each time I awake I find that they evolve in some surprising ways. Someday they may actually be able to master us."
The deep chuckle indicated that the other conversationalist did not share that opinion.
"What news of my favorite brother? Has my kin managed to stay out of trouble in my absence?"
"Ironic that you should think that our lesser cousins could ever master us and then ask about him. He is currently a servant to the Hellsing organization. To our surprise, it appears to suit him. Some among us have approached him asking if he should wish to be freed of his servitude, we would assist. Yet, he remains."
"Hellsing…Why does that name strike me as so familiar?"
"The entire line of Van Helsing? Mythical hunters of our breed."
"Ahh, yes, the one, hunted my little brother as I recall. Schoolboy crush is more like it. Obsessive fascination…He loved us and hated himself for finding us so fascinating. It cannot be the same man who runs that unless he gave into the temptation…Tell me, how did my kin come to hunt our kind on behalf of this Hellsing organization?"
"We are unsure of how he came to be in their service. I believe he was captured. Some kind of deal ultimately between him and the son of his hunter, or perhaps his hunter, he is, as I said, oddly suited to the position. Van Helsing's granddaughter now oversees the Hellsing organization and also serves with the Royal Order of Protestant Knights. The young master hunts a new breed for her. This new breed, we believe our lesser cousins make them in an effort, one would imagine, to emulate our power. The new breeds of vampire are simply blood thirsty killing machines, as if that were our only claim to power, although..."
"Long have our lesser cousins feared us for what they cannot understand. In their primal worldview we are the aberration because of our physiology. They can consider themselves the top of the food chain because they consume the charred flesh of lesser beings but we are the monsters for drinking the nutrient rich blood. We are monsters for reasons that have little to do with our nutritional habits."
"Of lesser beings?"
"Touché'. I am not surprised that is all their efforts have yielded. I don't think they are ready yet to deal with the 'moral' implications of consuming their own. Such fragile psyches they have. I cannot believe he works well with them; he was so disdainful of their fragility in the face of his power. Could another of Van Helsing's descendants have stooped so low as to try and imprison us?"
"We are unsure, he does not discuss it. He has sired recently."
"He sired? In the truest sense? Hrrrm. Perhaps he has grown up a bit."
"I believe you will be quite surprised when you see him again."
"No doubt, I will. How many years has it been?"
"Just under 75, 73 to be exact. Do you thirst?"
"I do. I trust that this new age has just as many undesirables as those past? Those predators who prey on the weaker? Let us hunt then the hunters."
"My liege, I hope you do not mind, I have taken the liberty of already providing your meal."
"Ahh, Marcus, you are far too good to me."