Author's Note: "Ah ha, sorry I took so long in updating. Writers block does make it rather difficult to write sometimes. I hope you like this chapter. It's shorter than the others, but still pretty good. I don't own Hellsing! Just my characters! Sorta…

Quick thanks: "A big thank you wicked caprice for catching my mistake! I guess my mind was in two places at once! It's fixed now, and to clarify, they are in Washington. Thanks again!"

Chapter 3

Integra sat in the plane completely and utterly bored. Alucard was able to sit inside the plane as well, since their whole flight was done at night, but even with both vampires and Walter in the private jet, it was deadpan…

She watched Walter out of the corner of her eye as he played a game of cards with Seras, and looked to be losing horribly. She chuckled at the sight before starting a silent conversation with the vampire sitting behind her.

Sense anything? She asked him.

My master wishes to know what I am thinking, is she that bored? Alucard asked.

Do you have anything better in mind? Integra asked then thought for a second, Don't answer that.

Alucard's mind voice echoed as he laughed, Ah my master you have no sense of humor!

It's in my office back home locked in a drawer, Integra answered as she shot the vampire and icy glare.

So we are not going to have any fun on this trip? Alucard asked.

Alucard, this is strictly business, not some fun little game to play with the cult of vampires we're here to eliminate, Integra said, making herself clear.

You always ruin my fun Master, Alucard pouted.

Good, Integra smirked as she turned in her seat to look back at him. And it's not like you won't find something else to entertain you while we are here.

Alucard's chuckle was the only thing heard from their conversation, Too true.

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"Here they come," Seth said as he pointed to the jet coming toward the runway.

They waited until the jet was completely unloaded before walking out into the night air to great them. They studied the four figures as they went, ignoring the second plane full of Hellsing soldiers.

"Is that a guy or a girl?" Eric whispered to Ivy as they neared, know the vampiress would be able to tell by sent.

"Female, and yes even I had to check twice before confirming it," her voice held a slight irritation towards the tall vampire clad in red standing near the luggage.

"Not like him?" Eric asked.

"He's old, far older than me, with more experience under his belt than I could ever manage in this organization. He is laced with magic, his own and the magic coming from the woman, his master.

"And the fledgling?" Victor asked as they neared.

"Almost can't sense her, but she's there, and there's an inner fire burning in her that just needs to be kindled before it can burn properly," Ivy answered as they reached the jet and Eric introduced them all.

"Welcome to Washington Miss Hellsing!" Eric said over the wind and sound of the runway. "I hope your flight was pleasant!"

"As pleasant as it could only have been," her voice was loud and deep, surprising Eric for only a second.

A drop of water on Victor's glasses signaled that it would be pouring in a few seconds, "We should get inside before we get drenched!" As the words slipped from his mouth, the clouds tore open and rain came down in buckets. "Er…sorry, guess I was too late!"

Eric laughed, "Come on hurry up!" He waved for the soldiers to follow as well before he turned and bolted back under the awning and into the airport building.

Integra grabbed her things and dashed after them, not really wanting to get any wetter than she already was. Walter and the two vampires followed behind her. The rest of the soldiers were already being loaded into buses and taken to the barracks at the American Headquarters.

"Well, we've certainly have gotten off on a wet start off," Eric said as wrung water out of his shirt. "I'll start with introductions. I'm Eric, head of the first squad of Damian Organization, founded by our chief…uh…Chief Damian. The brains of the outfit is Victor Taylor, weapons master is Seth Bradley, and the magician and our master shot is Ivy, our resident vampiress."

"Integra Wingates Hellsing," Integra introduced herself formally, "And this is Walter K. Dollunezz, Hellsing's retainer and weapons smith. Our two vampires are Seras Victoria and Alucard."

"It's a pleasure," Victor smiled and Seras grinned, the friendly ones having seen one another.

"Well, if intros are out of the way, I'd say it's time to head back to HQ right?" Eric asked and the rest of his team nodded. "Victor will drive you and your party to HQ and the three of us will catch up with you shortly, we have a call in. Later!"

"Actually, if you wouldn't mind, I'd like to go with you," Integra said. "I'd like to see how you work."

Eric looked at Ivy and Seth, who shrugged, "All right, we have room in the van for one more."

Integra left her things with Walter and headed out with the three of them, "So what is the call for?

"Two vampires were spotted near a park. Looked as though they were looking for something," Eric answered as he unlocked their black van. "A vampire willing to come out during the day, even though it's raining is usually up to something. We're going there to scope it out and see if what the caller said was true."

"You don't seem to have brought any artillery," Integra pointed out.

"This is just an observation," Eric said as they drove down the street. "We won't take them out until we know for certain what they are doing and who they are working for. If they are indeed doing anything that is destructive and we have all of their data, then they will get a load of silver," he pulled out a small pistol he kept hidden in one of the pockets of his coat. "If not, we'll just have Ivy track them until we can gather info on them. Once that's done, then we shoot them. Only if they are doing anything wrong."

"But if you let them get away then they might get away with doing something disastrous," Integra said.

"Though that sometimes is a threat, Ivy is always armed as she trails them." Seth explained. "If the vampires decide to change from peaceful to destructive, then they will be taken out. Besides, they might even lead us to something bigger and better to get rid of than if we just shot them point blank."

Well that's definitely different from how we work, Integra thought to herself as she became silent and watched through the wet window. They arrived soon after their conversation ended and staked themselves out on two high buildings.

"The vampires were sighted near the park just east of here," Eric said over their headset radios. They had split into two groups, Integra was with Seth on one building while Eric and Ivy sat perched on another. They turned their sights on the park and scanned it with their binoculars until they found two figures standing under a tree.

They could only study the two vampires for a few moments before they parted in different directions. Integra watched Ivy spring off the building and land on the street below, darting quickly and silently after one of them.

"What about the other one?" Integra asked.

"Ivy'll send her Familiar out after the other one," Eric answered. "Don't worry Ms. Hellsing. Ivy may only clock in at 200 years old and be no where near as powerful as your Alucard, but she's still sly. If she doesn't want to be seen, she won't be. She'll meet us back at HQ before the sun comes up with the info we need. We'll decide then whether to go in, or let it go for a while. Let's head home."

Integra was slightly amazed. It had gone over so smoothly and quickly. Nothing she had ever done had gone like that, but then again, she was just search and destroy. The other members of the Round Table dealt with the information and detail.

Note to self, form an information retrieval system once we get home, Integra thought to herself. She knew Seras was good at information retrieval, maybe she would assign her as head of the department.

Driving back to HQ, Integra's head buzzed with new information. She couldn't sort through it then and there, not with jet lag beginning to creep up on her. She would save it for after she had had a little bit of sleep.

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Author's Note: "Was it any good? I think I got all of the mistakes out of it, but I could have missed. Please review!"