I don't own Hellsing, Astra is mine. Reviews encouraged, flames mean more s'mores.
Astra's first mission after rejoining Hellsing. She gets in to a tight spot. Will Walter and Alucard be able to save her before it's too late?
Slowly, ever so slowly, Astra crept through the hallway. Her eyes were wide open and darted around. Then the sound of footsteps echoed through the hall. She aimed her gun and fired.
"Dumb asses, you're all dead!" She yelled at the group of new recruits at the Hellsing Training Center. "Now who here can tell me what they did wrong?"
"Umm...." A young man with blue eyes and blond hair began. "We didn't shoot."
"Why?" She asked sharply.
"We didn't think-"
"I'm not surprised, it seems you have no brains. Training over, get out of my sight." Astra turned and strode away from the group of men.
"You should have been kinder to them." Walter told her as she exited the laser area.
"Why, so they'll go soft? I'm training them no different than I did you." She replied, wiping her face with a towel.
Walter sighed and handed her a bottle of water. A few minutes later Astra headed toward the door before Walter stopped her.
"Sir Integra wanted to see you." He informed her.
"Fun." Astra groaned as she headed toward the young Hellsing's office.
She made her way up the stairways and through the winding corridors. Over the past few weeks, she'd been the head of training for Hellsing. Most of the time she trained morons, none really special. As much as she hated to admit it, she missed training Walter. That had been a challenge and she thrived on challenges. Now most of the time she was bored. This generation was slow and stupid, horrible as students and hunters.
Finally she found herself at the doors of Sir Hellsing's office. Sighing, she pushed open the doors and entered. She saw Sir Integra sitting at her desk looking at some places. Astra went inside and shut the doors behind her. Sir Integra looked up at her.
"I'm glad you are here." She said, "we are short a few hunters. Are the recruits ready?"
"Only if you want to send us all to hell." Astra replied.
"I see, then I need you to go."
"Go? Go where?"
"We have a mission. A vampire clan has been discovered in the forests outside London. You and Alucard are to exterminate them."
"Alright, at least now I won't be bored. These recruits are stupid and boring. Plus I haven't had fun in a long time."
Astra sat on a tree branch in the midst of a large forest. Trees spread as far as the eye could see. She sighed and peered into the growing darkness. There was no sign of the vampire clan Sir Integra had spoken about and she was starting to think it was a hoax.
Sir Integra wouldn't have sent us out here if she'd thought there wasn't a threat. Alucard spoke into her mind.
I know Dad, but this is kind of suspicious, even you have to admit that. She thought.
We will wait a while longer. I think-
That thought wave was cut off as something hard hit Astra on the back of the head and she lost her balance. She plummeted toward the ground. Once she hit the ground, she felt her ankle snap. Everything became blurry for the vampire and slowly, everything went black.
Where am I? Astra thought as she came too. She was inside a large dungeon like room. Slowly, she shook her head and then realized that she was tied to a cold metal slab. Astra shivered.
A light came from a high stairway at the opposite side of the room. She was still out of it and didn't notice the man in a lab coat come down the stairs. He was in his fifties with gray hair and wrinkled skin. A devilish smile was plastered on his face as he came into Astra's line of vision.
"Who the hell are you?" She asked. "And where am I?"
"Hush devil." The man chided. "You shall be back with your King Satan soon."
"What?" At this she was alarmed.
"Vampires shall be sent back to the pits of hell. But first you must relive your despicable life demon."
With that, the man moved toward her arm and produced a syringe from his pocket.
"What are you doing?" She strained against the restraints, trying to get away from the needle.
"You will go back to where you belong. I am sorry that the demons stole your life from you." The man told her as he stuck the needle in her arm.
Astra immediately became dizzy and a little disorientated. Everything started becoming fuzzy and slowly, everything became black.
"Sir Integra." Alucard gritted through his teeth. "Astra has disappeared."
"Get back here now." Integra's voice came over the phone. "We need to regroup and find out what the hell this thing is."
"Yes Master." Alucard then hung up the phone.
Suddenly, the ancient vampire punched the large oak tree next to him. Tears threatened to flow from his blood red eyes. His daughter had disappeared, right under his nose. What hurt him was that he wasn't able to save her. Everything in him wanted to ignore Sir Integra's orders and find her, but he knew he couldn't. She was right, they had to regroup.
Sighing, he looked up at the waxing moon before heading back toward the Hellsing Mansion.
Author's Note: Sort of a cliffy. Wanted to get something out. Will do my best to work on the next chapter, can't guarantee anything though..... Happy Halloween!!!!