Chapter 4: An Unlikely Partnership
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
Gun shots cut through the silence like knives.
THWAK!-Seras jolted awake and sat up too quickly nearly giving herself a concussion on the lid of the coffin.
"Ow!" she mumbled rubbing her forehead and feeling around for the remote.
Once she found it she pushed a button and waited until the lid had risen to the ceiling before she jumped out of bed and raced up to the main hall just in time to hear the following:
"This is all your fault, ALUCARD!" screamed Integra from somewhere upstairs.
BANG!
BANG!
"Sir, please put the gun down!" pleaded Walter.
"That's right, blame everything on the monster," chided Alucard.
BANG!
SMASH!-whatever that was it sounded expensive.
"Sir, I'm begging you-" Walter persisted.
"Walter, move so I can get a clear shot!" yelled Integra.
"Think of your blood pressure!" Walter tried again.
"I will right after I-*HURK*"
CLUNK!-The gun hit the floor.
~
Seras wandered closer to the staircase.
"I wouldn't go up there, Miss Victoria." said the new captain, "There's a good chance it'll come to blows."
"How long has it been going on?" asked Victoria.
"About a half hour," he said lighting a cigarette.
~
Meanwhile the fight upstairs had moved to Integra's bedroom.
"Absolutely not!" said Integra sternly.
"I'm not suggesting you got to sleep for the rest of the night," said Walter defensively, "I'll come wake you in an hour."
"Walter, I have a mountain of paperwork sitting on my desk-it isn't going to do itself!" she argued.
"I'm sure your superiors and the queen will understand if the paperwork is an hour or two late given the circumstances." Walter ventured, "The queen especially-how long has she been waiting for a Hellsing heir?"
"I'd say at least ten years," said Alucard joining the conversation for the sole purpose annoying his master.
"So, now the two of you are ganging up on me?!-Oh, this is rich! Since when have the two of you ever gotten along?!" yelled Integra.
"Who said we were 'getting along'?" asked Alucard.
"We've only come to a gentlemen's agreement." Walter explained.
"A 'gentlemen's agreement' with a monster? On what grounds?!" demanded Integra.
"The next Hellsing generation," said Alucard grinning enough to display his fangs.
"Ugh, I need a cigar," groaned Integra.
"NO!" shouted both men at the same time.
There was a brief silence.
Integra sighed, "Fine-but only an hour! Walter brief the men on their mission later tonight-Alucard go make sure Victoria is awake."
The men exchanged glances, but left the room in the end.
~
Victoria had retreated to the safety of her room when it sounded like the fight was going to continue for awhile longer.
By the time Alucard had gotten down there his fledgling was sitting on the bed with Wedge wrapped in a damp towel and cradled in her arm while she read him a story.
Alucard was able to sit down in one of the chairs at the table and watch this seemingly ridiculous scene from a front row seat.
"And they all lived happily ever-MASTER?!" Seras had just barely caught Alucard's red coat out of the corner of her eye.
"You know according to this book," Alucard began by placing Parenting for Dummies on the table, "you're codling him."
"Well, if I don't certainly no one around here will," Seras shot back as she put the book down and put Wedge into his tank.
That's when Victoria noticed the bowl of blood on the table and the spoon sitting next to it (but it's not silver-thanks for the insight Female Heero Yuy. I've only seen parts of the series, am planning to order it!)
"Time to eat, Police Girl," said Alucard picking up the book and flipping to a page.
Victoria sighed, she knew better than to fight with her master over food related issues ever since he force fed her on that fateful nigh when Wedge came into her life.
She sat down at the table across from Alucard and just stared at the bowl.
Before she knew it a good 5 minutes had gone by.
"You're just going to sit there and read until I eat?!" asked Victoria a little flustered.
"That's pretty much the plan," said Alucard smugly without looking up from his book.
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
Gun shots cut through the silence like knives.
THWAK!-Seras jolted awake and sat up too quickly nearly giving herself a concussion on the lid of the coffin.
"Ow!" she mumbled rubbing her forehead and feeling around for the remote.
Once she found it she pushed a button and waited until the lid had risen to the ceiling before she jumped out of bed and raced up to the main hall just in time to hear the following:
"This is all your fault, ALUCARD!" screamed Integra from somewhere upstairs.
BANG!
BANG!
"Sir, please put the gun down!" pleaded Walter.
"That's right, blame everything on the monster," chided Alucard.
BANG!
SMASH!-whatever that was it sounded expensive.
"Sir, I'm begging you-" Walter persisted.
"Walter, move so I can get a clear shot!" yelled Integra.
"Think of your blood pressure!" Walter tried again.
"I will right after I-*HURK*"
CLUNK!-The gun hit the floor.
~
Seras wandered closer to the staircase.
"I wouldn't go up there, Miss Victoria." said the new captain, "There's a good chance it'll come to blows."
"How long has it been going on?" asked Victoria.
"About a half hour," he said lighting a cigarette.
~
Meanwhile the fight upstairs had moved to Integra's bedroom.
"Absolutely not!" said Integra sternly.
"I'm not suggesting you got to sleep for the rest of the night," said Walter defensively, "I'll come wake you in an hour."
"Walter, I have a mountain of paperwork sitting on my desk-it isn't going to do itself!" she argued.
"I'm sure your superiors and the queen will understand if the paperwork is an hour or two late given the circumstances." Walter ventured, "The queen especially-how long has she been waiting for a Hellsing heir?"
"I'd say at least ten years," said Alucard joining the conversation for the sole purpose annoying his master.
"So, now the two of you are ganging up on me?!-Oh, this is rich! Since when have the two of you ever gotten along?!" yelled Integra.
"Who said we were 'getting along'?" asked Alucard.
"We've only come to a gentlemen's agreement." Walter explained.
"A 'gentlemen's agreement' with a monster? On what grounds?!" demanded Integra.
"The next Hellsing generation," said Alucard grinning enough to display his fangs.
"Ugh, I need a cigar," groaned Integra.
"NO!" shouted both men at the same time.
There was a brief silence.
Integra sighed, "Fine-but only an hour! Walter brief the men on their mission later tonight-Alucard go make sure Victoria is awake."
The men exchanged glances, but left the room in the end.
~
Victoria had retreated to the safety of her room when it sounded like the fight was going to continue for awhile longer.
By the time Alucard had gotten down there his fledgling was sitting on the bed with Wedge wrapped in a damp towel and cradled in her arm while she read him a story.
Alucard was able to sit down in one of the chairs at the table and watch this seemingly ridiculous scene from a front row seat.
"And they all lived happily ever-MASTER?!" Seras had just barely caught Alucard's red coat out of the corner of her eye.
"You know according to this book," Alucard began by placing Parenting for Dummies on the table, "you're codling him."
"Well, if I don't certainly no one around here will," Seras shot back as she put the book down and put Wedge into his tank.
That's when Victoria noticed the bowl of blood on the table and the spoon sitting next to it (but it's not silver-thanks for the insight Female Heero Yuy. I've only seen parts of the series, am planning to order it!)
"Time to eat, Police Girl," said Alucard picking up the book and flipping to a page.
Victoria sighed, she knew better than to fight with her master over food related issues ever since he force fed her on that fateful nigh when Wedge came into her life.
She sat down at the table across from Alucard and just stared at the bowl.
Before she knew it a good 5 minutes had gone by.
"You're just going to sit there and read until I eat?!" asked Victoria a little flustered.
"That's pretty much the plan," said Alucard smugly without looking up from his book.