Heck Hath No Fury

Chapter 5"It can only get worse"

A/N: Sorry I haven't updated for, well, let's be honest, a year or so. I had so much stuff going on back then that I sort of forgot the fic. But now I'm back, and ready to finish what I've started.

"spoken" 'thought'

"Where the hell is that fool?"

"Lady Integra, we have every available man searching for him right now, but until he's found, you've got to calm down."

"Just find the stupid bastard, before he gets himself into more trouble than I know he's already in!"

"Yes Ma'am."

It was the morning after Asmodeus had made his soon-to-be ill-fated excursion to the medical supply closet. When his quarters were found empty, Integra instigated a full scale search, fearing he'd done something exceedingly reckless. Her fears were well founded.

"Ma'am!"

"What is it? Did you find him?"

"Yes Ma'am, an aide just found him passed out in a medical cabinet. There were several syringes on the floor, and some opened bottles of Morphine."

"Just as I thought, that idiot snuck out and got high…Alright, take him to the brig and strap him to the bed. Make sure he doesn't escape."

"Yes Ma'am."

'What am I gonna do with that, thing. With the state he's in, there's no way he could be any good in a fight, at least not until we get him off that morphine. hmm'

Nothing else of great importance happened for the rest of the day. Night fell, and Lady Integra and Alucard spent the evening planning Hellsing's next move against this new trend of evil.

"If demons can be summoned from the depths of Hell, then why shouldn't we be able summon angels from heaven?"

"Because, Lady Integra, angels and demons are very different."

"What are you talking about, Alucard?"

"Well, my dear Integra, have you ever seen instructions, or even anything hinting at a process of summoning angels down to Earth?"

"No."

"Yet we can easily find texts depicting precise instructions on how to summon a demon. Is this not true?"

"It is. What are you getting at?"

"What I'm saying, is that angels don't come down here, yet demons are allowed up. Why is this allowed, why does it happen?"

"How am I supposed to know?"

"You probably aren't. I can only speculate, but if memory serves, is it not usually Satan and his demons that come directly to Earth to do evil themselves, whereas God works in mysterious ways."

"As far as history says, yes. What is your point?"

"Demons come directly to Earth, they do things themselves, but angels stay in heaven, passively watching and influencing without interfering. Maybe demons are the only ones able to come to Earth. Could it be that thousands of years of interfering with humans have made the way between here and hell a two-way street, and heaven is on a one-way lane going up?"

"Do you mean to say that people come and go from hell, but can only ascend to heaven?"

"Based on thousands of years of biblical history, I think the theory is sound."

"But why would this be allowed by God? If he's almighty, why doesn't he just make a way for angels to come down?"

"Maybe it isn't needed. If memory serves, Demons are angels that were condemned to hell. Maybe God let's them up in hopes they'll repent."

"It's possible, but…I don't know"

"Regardless, what shall be our next move, Lady Integra?"

"It's going to take weeks for Asmodeus to go through withdrawals and eventually drop his addiction, until then I can't trust him to fight. We'll have to just wait and see what this demon problem turns up."

A week passed. The demons were steadily on the rise, their numbers made ever more by the vampires summoning them. The load was becoming too much for Hellsing to handle, and Asmodeus, feeling the first effects of his withdrawal, was in no shape to fight. The screams day and night were proof enough of that.

"We'll just have to get another one, and not screw it up this time."

"Another what, milady?"

"Another demon. You and Seras can't handle this problem alone anymore."

"I see. You'd better let me handle the summoning then."

"And just Why is that, Alucard?"

"Because you are too pure, too much without sin, that may be what screwed it up earlier. You've never killed an innocent, never drank the blood of another. You've done very little against GOD, and that's all made up by the fact that you are leader of an organization of holy knights. I'm undead, I've killed hundreds mercilessly, I've done everything to deserve to be Nosferatu"

"Fine, do what you will, but don't screw it up this time!"

"Yes Ma'am."

A/N: Well everybody, I've finally updated. I'm sorry for the long delay, but I promise to make updates more regular from now on. Less than a year apart anyway.