Chapter 2: Suspicion
Disclaimer: I don't own Hellsing, Integra, Walter, Father Anderson, or Alucard. (Or Smith and Wesson, if that matters).
Integra Hellsing sat at her desk, poring over the yesterday's sheaf of reports on paranormal activity. It was the usual Hellsing fair, with a group of ghouls popping up in Midwestern England, a supposed vampire sighting in London, and a group of vampires and ghouls in Southern England. She set the reports aside and picked up the latest sheaf of correspondence. Something rather odd caught her eye. The group of vampires and ghouls in the south were gone! Overnight they had disappeared. The report stated that the vampires were presumed dead, because several ghoul bodies had been found in the village square.
"How strange," mused Integra. Was the Vatican interfering with Hellsing's operations again? No, that couldn't be right. Father Anderson did not use guns, and the report stated that the square looked like a war zone, with bullet holes everywhere.
Integra picked up her phone. "Walter," she said. "Can you get me the police autopsy reports for the ghouls whose bodies were found last night?"
"Of course, Miss Integra," replied Walter. "You shall have them within the hour."
"What's the matter, Integra?" came a sarcastic voice from the far end of the room. "Is Hellsing not good enough for you?" Alucard stepped from the wall, grinning.
"Of course not, Alucard, and you know it. I have a suspicion that I want confirmed. I believe that a police report by someone with no knowledge of the supernatural might give me the information I need. Now, go away and stop bothering me. I need to finish reading these reports." Integra turned away and picked up the next group of papers.
"Yes, Miss Integra," said Alucard. He turned and departed through the east wall. Integra sat and read reports for another 45 minutes. Just as she was finishing up, Walter called her on the intercom.
"Miss Integra, I have acquired the police report. I am faxing it to you now." Integra's fax machine buzzed and rolled out a 2-page report. She picked it up and looked it over.
"Thank you, Walter. That will be all for now."
"Yes, Miss Integra."
Integra put down the phone and read the police report. It said that the bodies were already in an advanced state of decay, which was normal, being that they were ghouls. Almost all of the bodies had had their hearts removed, apparently by an animal with huge claws. Several of them had been shot by a huge handgun. Several slug fragments had been dug out of the walls of the square, and tentatively identified as coming form the new .500 S&W magnum. One body's head had been crushed by the jaws of a large animal. The coroner was baffled, for on close inspection the bite pattern was that of a wolf, but it was a large as a grizzly bear's. The coroner could come up with no explanation for this and feared that a mutant animal was running loose in Southern England.
"Oh," chuckled Integra. "You have no idea." She put down the report, interlocked her fingers, and thought. "It's just as I suspected," she mused.
Integra picked up the phone. "Walter," she said. "Please place a call to Paris. I believe our friends in the Knights of Charlemagne have some answering to do.
:: Okay, so what do you think? PLEASE R&R, I'm not writing any more until some one gives me some feedback. Sorry the chapter is so short. If there are any inconsistencies with the characters from the Anime or Manga, let me know, since I've only read the Vol. 1 Manga.
Disclaimer: I don't own Hellsing, Integra, Walter, Father Anderson, or Alucard. (Or Smith and Wesson, if that matters).
Integra Hellsing sat at her desk, poring over the yesterday's sheaf of reports on paranormal activity. It was the usual Hellsing fair, with a group of ghouls popping up in Midwestern England, a supposed vampire sighting in London, and a group of vampires and ghouls in Southern England. She set the reports aside and picked up the latest sheaf of correspondence. Something rather odd caught her eye. The group of vampires and ghouls in the south were gone! Overnight they had disappeared. The report stated that the vampires were presumed dead, because several ghoul bodies had been found in the village square.
"How strange," mused Integra. Was the Vatican interfering with Hellsing's operations again? No, that couldn't be right. Father Anderson did not use guns, and the report stated that the square looked like a war zone, with bullet holes everywhere.
Integra picked up her phone. "Walter," she said. "Can you get me the police autopsy reports for the ghouls whose bodies were found last night?"
"Of course, Miss Integra," replied Walter. "You shall have them within the hour."
"What's the matter, Integra?" came a sarcastic voice from the far end of the room. "Is Hellsing not good enough for you?" Alucard stepped from the wall, grinning.
"Of course not, Alucard, and you know it. I have a suspicion that I want confirmed. I believe that a police report by someone with no knowledge of the supernatural might give me the information I need. Now, go away and stop bothering me. I need to finish reading these reports." Integra turned away and picked up the next group of papers.
"Yes, Miss Integra," said Alucard. He turned and departed through the east wall. Integra sat and read reports for another 45 minutes. Just as she was finishing up, Walter called her on the intercom.
"Miss Integra, I have acquired the police report. I am faxing it to you now." Integra's fax machine buzzed and rolled out a 2-page report. She picked it up and looked it over.
"Thank you, Walter. That will be all for now."
"Yes, Miss Integra."
Integra put down the phone and read the police report. It said that the bodies were already in an advanced state of decay, which was normal, being that they were ghouls. Almost all of the bodies had had their hearts removed, apparently by an animal with huge claws. Several of them had been shot by a huge handgun. Several slug fragments had been dug out of the walls of the square, and tentatively identified as coming form the new .500 S&W magnum. One body's head had been crushed by the jaws of a large animal. The coroner was baffled, for on close inspection the bite pattern was that of a wolf, but it was a large as a grizzly bear's. The coroner could come up with no explanation for this and feared that a mutant animal was running loose in Southern England.
"Oh," chuckled Integra. "You have no idea." She put down the report, interlocked her fingers, and thought. "It's just as I suspected," she mused.
Integra picked up the phone. "Walter," she said. "Please place a call to Paris. I believe our friends in the Knights of Charlemagne have some answering to do.
:: Okay, so what do you think? PLEASE R&R, I'm not writing any more until some one gives me some feedback. Sorry the chapter is so short. If there are any inconsistencies with the characters from the Anime or Manga, let me know, since I've only read the Vol. 1 Manga.