Hellsing: Amen

by Notan Rappa

Chapter 6: The Search for Walter

"Alucard, I want you to go back to the hospital and try to find out where Walter went to. And if you sense any major political connections, try not to do anything too forward. The last thing we need is another vendetta against us."

Alucard bowed. "Yes, master." Then he disappeared. Integra sat back and lit another cigar and frowned. 'What was he so preoccupied with?'

Four minutes later, she realized that she was out of cigars.

Moments Later...

Alucard was at London Hospital in dog form. His movement was stealthy and nobody noticed him. He crept back into room 9981 and started sniffing around for that arcane smell. He had been gone too long. The scent was already starting to fade. It was drifting around the room and seemed to not want to be pinned to one specific location for longer than a second. 'This is going to take longer than I thought.' thought Alucard.

Meanwhile...

Seras was sitting in her room, playing with a whirling ball of flame that she had conjured. She was starting to get the hang of this. Then she heard someone walking toward the door. 'Humans!' she thought. 'They are so loud!' She messed around with the fireball for a moment or two, then extinguished it. The man walked into the room carrying a bundle of blood bags.

"Here you go." he said, and nearly tossed them at her. She looked into his eyes and saw something she hadn't expected. She saw fear. He was afraid of her. It made her want to laugh. She contented herself with a smile. Several blood bags later, she began to think. 'Now that I'm a true vampire, I wonder if I can do all the things that Alucard can do? Like...telepathy! I could only receive and reply before. I wonder if now I can initialize the connection?' She closed her eyes and pictured Alucard in her mind. Imagined him receiving her message. It didn't work, but she wasn't discouraged. 'Rome wasn't built in a day.'

She closed her eyes and tried again...

Later, at London Hospital...

Alucard felt a presence in his mind.

'Alucard!'

'Seras?'

'Alucard! This is so awesome! You can talk to me, and now I can talk to

you, and I can also make fire come out of nowhere...'

'Seras!'

'...Yes?'

'I need to concentrate.'

'Oh. Sorry.' Alucard felt the presence shrink back out of his mind.

'Hmm, so she still doesn't have the courage to defy me. That's disappointing. Oh well,I do need to concentrate.' Alucard went back to sniffing out for that scent. 'I think it's strongest over there by the window.' He went over to the window. 'Yes! I've found a trail!' He ran for the window and jumped. Somebody noticed.

"Hey! That dog just jumped out that window!" Everyone ran to the window and looked out. There was no dog, neither in mid-air nor plummeting to the ground. All they saw was what looked like a swarm of bats flying off to the east.

End Chapter 6